3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) [UK]

Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills

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Page created 1 November 2000. Corrected and updated 15.06.2006

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	3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
	1944-1961
	United Kingdom


Titles & Lineage History & War Service Battle Honours Colours, Standards and Guidons	Badges and Uniforms Colonels Traditions Bibliography

Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.

How to find information about individuals who served in this corps

Titles and Lineage

English County Index
Alphabetic Index of Titles


	1944.08.01	3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) formed in France by amalgamation of 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), and 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
	1946.09	placed in suspended animation
	1947.01.01	reconstituted in T.A. with HQ in London
		A Squadron at Allitsen Road, London B Squadron in London C Squadron in London
	1956	B Squadron moved to Croydon; C Squadron moved to Harrow
	1961.05.01	amalgamated with 297 Field Regiment RA (Kent Yeomanry), to form Kent and County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)



*Associated Regular Regiments:*
	2nd Royal Tank Regiment	1947-1959
	1st The Royal Dragoons	1959-1961

History (Links) & War Service

Introduction to Volunteers


	*History:*
		History of the Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry (Army site)

	*Deployment and War Service of Units:*
		3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) [1944-1946]

	*Biography and Gallantry Awards:*
		[no external sites have been found]

	*Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:*
		[no external sites have been found]

	*Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:*
		Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum, Edenbridge (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
		Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum, Edenbridge (Simonides listing)

Battle Honours

Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars


	[inherited battle honours of 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), plus:] The Second World War¹: Villers Bocage³, Odon², Defence of Rauray², Caen³, Bourguébus Ridge³, Falaise⁴, Lower Maas⁴, Rhineland⁴, Hochwald⁴, Rhine⁴, Aller⁴, North-West Europe 1944-45⁴, Tobruk 1941¹, Gubi I¹, Gabr Saleh¹, Sidi Rezegh 1941¹, Chor es Sufan¹, Gazala¹, Cauldron¹, Hagiag er Raml¹, Mersa Matruh¹, Minqar Qaim¹, Defence of Alamein Line³, Deir el Shein³, Ruweisat³, Point 93², Ruweisat Ridge², Alam el Halfa², El Alamein³, Akarit³, Djebel Roumana³, Tunis³, North Africa 1941-43¹, Landing in Sicily³, Lentini³, Simeto Bridgehead³, Sicily 1943³, Termoli², Sangro², Fossacessia², Volturno Crossing³, Italy 1943¹ 1. granted for service of both 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), and 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) 2. granted for service of 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) 3. granted for service of 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) 4. granted for service of 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)

Colours, Standards and Guidons

Introduction to Colours


	Record of Colours:

Uniforms and Badges

Badges:

Uniform:

1953-1961: blue tunic, piper green trousers; facings: primrose

Honorary Colonels

Index of Royal Colonels


	1944	Col. Sir Richard W. Eaton, TD [from 3rd Co of London Yeo]
	1946.06 .21	Gen. Sir Richard Loudon McCreery, GCB, KBE, DSO, MC, DL [Col. Cmdt. RA; Col. 12th Lancers, 14th/20th Hussars]
	1956.06.21	Lt-Col. Rt. Hon. William Arthur Bampfylde (Onslow), 6th Earl of Onslow, KBE, MC, TD [to 1961]

Traditions


	Motto:
	Nicknames:
	Anniversaries:	Bir El Gubi
	Freedoms:
	Marches:
	Musicians:
	*Mascot:*
	*Miscellaneous Tradition Links:*

Bibliography

How To Find Books